. >> every city council person from here to, you know, seattle, washington. >> he's got a lot to talk about. >> he's got a lot to talk about. >> maybe he had the flu. >> maybe he had the flu. maybe that was it. gene robinson, does he have the flu? >> was it the altitude? mika said maybe he had the flu. >> didn't al gore say it was the altitude? bad night. >> yeah, altitude. >> there's no way to kind of spin it. and as i said, you know, very quickly, the white house administration spin team was spun out. you know, they just didn't -- there was no way to spin that into a terrific performance. you just kind of, you know, nothing to see here, folks. let's move on. >> let's move on. yeah. >> and, you know, we'll be better next time. >> let's move on. eugene robinson, thank you very much. the column is online at washingtonpost.com. >> you do know what's happening. you know what's happening here. it's like i said on monday, this race is not over. mitt romney could have a debate performance that could reset it. e we're setting up the next act so obviously. we're setting it up. >> i was just going t
